Students learn about water pollution, restoration efforts in Mad River Watershed

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Blue Lake Union Elementary eighth-graders Quinn Schweigert, left, Denny Romero, Shannon Kujawa-Seda, Augustus Gibbens and Dennis Wilson watch as Jacob Pounds, environmental program coordinator at Blue Lake Rancheria, takes a sample from Powers Creek in Blue Lake on Friday. The scientist led them on a walk to the Mad River tributary as part of Earth Day activities at the school. He taught them about the impacts of water pollution and restoration efforts in the Mad River watershed. (Shaun Walker -- The Times-Standard)

Blue Lake Union Elementary eighth-graders Quinn Schweigert, left, Denny Romero, Shannon Kujawa-Seda, Augustus Gibbens and Dennis Wilson watch as Jacob Pounds, environmental program coordinator at Blue Lake Rancheria, takes a sample from Powers Creek in Blue Lake on Friday. The scientist led them on a walk to the Mad River tributary as part of Earth Day activities at the school. He taught them about the impacts of water pollution and restoration efforts in the Mad River watershed. (Shaun Walker -- The Times-Standard)